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Research series on earnings of nonhourly full-time workers from the Current Population Survey

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Deciles of usual weekly earnings of nonhourly full-time workers by selected demographic characteristics and census region, 1st Quarter 2017 averages
Selected demographic characteristics and census region	Number of workers (in thousands)	Upper limit of:
Selected demographic characteristics and census region	Number of workers (in thousands)	First decile	Second decile	Third decile	Fourth decile	Fifth decile (median)	Sixth decile	Seventh decile	Eighth decile	Ninth decile
Total, both sexes	52,331	$524	$725	$878	$1,012	$1,177	$1,379	$1,627	$1,935	$2,673
Men	29,838	579	764	944	1,123	1,310	1,529	1,852	2,221	2,902
Women	22,493	493	662	803	930	1,057	1,223	1,413	1,725	2,228
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, both sexes	42,001	559	740	896	1,029	1,194	1,401	1,644	1,970	2,693
Men	24,505	588	781	958	1,131	1,325	1,538	1,867	2,256	2,908
Women	17,496	511	685	821	942	1,069	1,231	1,432	1,713	2,245
Black or African American, both sexes	5,257	419	586	697	817	941	1,102	1,272	1,520	2,095
Men	2,404	422	594	737	851	961	1,195	1,400	1,673	2,324
Women	2,853	417	580	662	774	912	1,043	1,228	1,376	1,910
Asian, both sexes	3,966	588	817	1,002	1,213	1,402	1,728	1,908	2,307	2,920
Men	2,339	630	880	1,151	1,342	1,545	1,828	2,040	2,498	3,080
Women	1,627	485	730	906	1,056	1,232	1,421	1,833	2,008	2,876
Hispanic or Latino, both sexes	6,422	394	501	625	769	911	1,061	1,269	1,596	2,114
Men	3,891	413	513	636	787	943	1,138	1,367	1,761	2,305
Women	2,531	347	480	617	748	869	993	1,169	1,427	1,886
REGION
Northeast(1)	10,586	556	743	914	1,055	1,239	1,438	1,719	2,086	2,876
Midwest(2)	10,202	604	764	927	1,052	1,217	1,399	1,632	1,910	2,492
South(3)	20,200	485	653	805	940	1,084	1,255	1,488	1,877	2,425
West(4)	11,343	576	757	938	1,125	1,307	1,537	1,837	2,221	2,900
(1) The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. (2) The Midwest region includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. (3) The South region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. (4) The West region includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
NOTE: The deciles shown divide nonhourly full-time workers into 10 groups of approximately equal size. The dollar values from left to right represent the upper earnings limit of the lowest earning 10 percent of workers, the lowest earning 20 percent of workers, the lowest earning 30 percent of workers, and so forth. For example, about 10 percent of workers earn less than the upper limit of the first decile, while about 90 percent of workers earn more than that value. The fifth decile is the median, or the midpoint in the earnings distribution, with half of workers having earnings above the median and the other half having earnings below the median. Data exclude all self-employed workers, whether or not their businesses are incorporated, and all unpaid family workers. Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Data refer to place of residence.

Standard error of deciles of usual weekly earnings of nonhourly full-time workers by selected demographic characteristics and census region, 1st Quarter 2017 averages
Selected demographic characteristics and census region	Standard error
Selected demographic characteristics and census region	First decile	Second decile	Third decile	Fourth decile	Fifth decile (median)	Sixth decile	Seventh decile	Eighth decile	Ninth decile
Total, both sexes	$8.03	$5.87	$5.91	$6.20	$8.61	$9.40	$14.61	$14.77	$32.35
Men	9.26	6.83	6.88	11.61	17.69	12.24	16.61	36.95	8.87
Women	6.83	7.05	9.20	6.98	9.62	11.10	14.39	24.47	34.23
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, both sexes	9.07	4.98	6.12	7.19	11.93	11.91	14.79	17.52	36.43
Men	6.27	10.10	7.87	9.77	18.36	11.96	13.39	28.78	22.17
Women	9.28	9.93	9.21	7.27	11.59	10.08	14.57	26.68	38.58
Black or African American, both sexes	12.76	9.12	19.56	23.45	14.67	32.26	25.87	31.30	50.36
Men	17.81	14.10	13.03	25.68	16.01	66.18	46.00	82.49	83.30
Women	16.93	16.75	13.79	25.91	20.62	39.32	19.62	40.49	86.00
Asian, both sexes	23.27	26.30	25.80	32.27	23.55	58.79	11.38	19.27	52.18
Men	34.01	48.26	26.02	25.56	32.21	78.34	78.38	54.28	198.94
Women	41.95	50.15	31.48	69.42	53.05	61.42	63.12	53.49	127.46
Hispanic or Latino, both sexes	8.09	10.57	15.26	13.40	18.02	24.40	28.73	44.52	91.61
Men	9.78	13.05	26.19	19.33	25.11	28.36	35.11	69.00	48.44
Women	25.38	17.80	18.22	16.09	25.35	26.11	27.24	52.07	36.43
REGION
Northeast(1)	18.30	10.99	12.43	16.54	12.07	15.42	39.50	40.15	56.57
Midwest(2)	9.21	10.84	10.57	18.54	17.95	19.54	25.16	10.31	54.43
South(3)	7.35	9.36	9.78	8.16	15.82	8.83	17.50	15.36	39.74
West(4)	18.39	9.03	11.60	18.15	29.35	14.04	35.25	59.43	12.71
(1) The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. (2) The Midwest region includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. (3) The South region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. (4) The West region includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
NOTE: The deciles shown divide nonhourly full-time workers into 10 groups of approximately equal size. The dollar values from left to right represent the standard error of the upper earnings limit of the lowest earning 10 percent of workers, the lowest earning 20 percent of workers, the lowest earning 30 percent of workers, and so forth. Data exclude all self-employed workers, whether or not their businesses are incorporated, and all unpaid family workers. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Data refer to place of residence.

Last Modified Date: April 19, 2017